Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“I’ll always remember … “ A film not necessarily loved upon release—many actually reviled it for “glamorizing” the life of a porn star—Luke Greenfield‘s The Girl Next Door was and still is a hilarious coming of age story for a post-American Pie world. It’s about finding yourself on the cusp of high school graduation without […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews, romance · Tags Amanda Swisten, American Pie, Autumn Reeser, Brent Goldberg, Chris Marquette, David Gray, David Wagner, Elisha Cuthbert, Elliott Smith, Emile Hirsch, Filter, Luke Greenfield, Marvin Gaye, Olivia Wilde, Paul Dano, Stuart Blumberg, Sung Hi Lee, The Girl Next Door, The O.C., Timothy Olyphant
Posted by Jared Mobarak on November 13, 2012 · 2 Comments
“It’s the McKinley Mall, dude—not LA” The concept of localized indie film carries with it the caveat of losing audience members who can’t understand references sprinkled throughout because they’ve never been to the locale. It’s a fine line filmmakers must toe when dealing outside the big city mentality of an NYC or LA and could […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Amber Small, American Pie, B.O.Y.D., Ben Affleck, Buffalo Sketch Comedy, Christopher Brechtel, Christopher Marriott, Christopher Scherr, Gigli, Kevin Smith, Kyle Scritchfield, Lori Bateman, Matt Lorentz, Peter Pan, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Satterwhite, Robert Priest, Seann William Scott, Ted Shredd, Tom Ragan, Vince Vaughn, Will Mutka
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“I snagged a pelt or two” Considering the American Pie saga pretty much paved the way for films like Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, it’s a fitting turn of events to see Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg bring the East Great Falls kids back for their thirteenth reunion. Wait, thirteenth? What happened to […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam Herz, Ali Corbin, Alyson Hannigan, American Pie, American Pie 2, American Reunion, American Wedding, Chris Klein, Chuck Hittinger, Dania Ramirez, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Hayden Schlossberg, Jason Biggs, Jay Harrington, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cho, Jon Hurwitz, Kal Penn, Katrina Bowden, Mena Suvari, Neil Patrick Harris, Rebecca De Mornay, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Vik Sahay
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
“That’s a lot of flutes” Right when you thought Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) learned his lesson about manipulating the lives of his friends to compensate for his own insecurities, he does it again. Scared to go to college before becoming a man, American Pie followed his misguided pact to ensure his best friends would lose […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam Brody, Adam Herz, Alyson Hannigan, American Pie, American Pie 2, Casey Affleck, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eli Marienthal, Eugene Levy, George Wyner, Jason Biggs, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cho, Mena Suvari, Molly Cheek, Natasha Lyonne, Seann William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 31, 2012 · 1 Comment
“Suck me, beautiful” I’ll admit now that my love for American Pie is rooted heavily in nostalgia. Having first seen it in theatres as I was entering my own senior year of high school, the comradery of its band of brothers cautiously walking together towards graduation and manhood doesn’t quite resonate as much today at […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Adam Herz, Alyson Hannigan, American Pie, Bic Runga, Blink-182, Bridesmaids, Casey Affleck, Chris Klein, Chris Owen, Chris Weitz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy, Jason Biggs, John Cho, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Weitz, Seann William Scott, Shannon Elizabeth, Tara Reid, The Breakfast Club, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tonic
Posted by Jared Mobarak on February 13, 2012 · 2 Comments
“I got my Christmas goose early” If a band like Atlantic Starr is singing your movie’s theme song, it’s a pretty easy guess you’re from the 1980s. To most this tag is a detriment but others wear it like a badge of honor. Armed and Dangerous is one such film, letting the likes of John […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, film reviews · Tags American Pie, Armed and Dangerous, Atlantic Starr, Best in Show, Billy Madison, Brian Grazer, Bringing Down the House, Brion James, Eugene Levy, Friday, Harold Ramis, James Keach, John Candy, Jonathan Banks, Judy Landers, K.C. Winkler, Kenneth McMillan, Larry Hankin, Mark L. Lester, Meg Ryan, Peter Torokvei, Robert Loggia, Ron Howard, SCTV, Steve Railsback, Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr., Who's Harry Crumb?
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“Have you ever seen your mom naked? … I have.” Writers Andrew Gurland and Huck Botko saw some decent success with The Last Exorcism last month, but did anyone know they also concocted a faux documentary style American Pie, eventually scooped up by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions? The movie is called […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags American Pie, Andrew Gurland, David Jensen, Huck Botko, Jacob Davich, John McLeaish, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Justin Kline, Krysta Rodriguez, Matt Bennett, Nicole Weaver, Savannah Welch, Seth Rogen, Sunny Leone, The Last Exorcism, The Virginity Hit, Will Ferrell, Zack Pearlman
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“I refuse to be embarrassed by a car that looks like a Trapper Keeper” Not to badmouth American Pie, I actually really enjoyed it and its sequels, albeit less with each installment (and I mean the theatrically released offspring), but I must blame it for the dearth of quality for copycats each year. Sure there […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags Amanda Crew, American Pie, Clark Duke, EuroTrip, Fall Out Boy, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, James Marsden, Josh Zuckerman, Seth Green, Sex Drive, The Breakfast Club
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
“Just a small little cut” I have thought that Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy would make some very interesting films ever since I read them almost a decade ago. The fantasy and utter intrigue that they instilled in me never left my consciousness. When I heard that American Pie director Chris Weitz would be […]
Category action/adventure, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags About a Boy, American Pie, Chris Weitz, Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, His Dark Materials, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Nicole Kidman, Philip Pullman, Sam Elliott, The Golden Compass
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